2025-01 Raynors Historical Collectible Auctions
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12pp. 8vo., written by a certain Susan Roberts, "555 South Logan Ave. Denver, Col. Nov. 24, 1901," to her friend, Civil War veteran, Marcus B. Walker of the 141st New York Vols., reading, in part: Content is in part: Marshal took all her- pigs and chickens and went into Cuba-to get rid of other debts and to free herself from being arrested for stealing the furnishings from the Carleton Hotel. She also run the hotel down. The proprietor had to change the name. It is now the Rathburn or rather it was burned down in May last with the entire city, that is, the business part of it was all destroyed by fire. I came home in March as the city was wiped out in May-Marshall's lawyer turned her down as they say out here. It seems she led him to believe that Roberts [my husband] had given her the property at his death or she had papers to that effect but-time ran on and she could not produce papers to that effect-Fletcher her lawyer begin to see through her. It was light funny to hear from time to time her excuses. Some times she was sick. Some times all her pigs was sick. Her lawyer is known in Duval County as the smooth tongued lawyer. One time my lawyer went for him and he told him of those stories about the pigs dying. He said her letter would make you cry. Judge Baker said he was a poor hand at crying, but if Mr. Fletcher liked he would send for Mrs. Roberts. Fletcher had to laugh for he know how I [?] the Old beast. She took two nice young girls with her into Cuba. One of them did not like the life. Marshal-wanted her to lead and so she had no further use for her. The girls came back and I met her at Mrs. Douglas' house. I asked this girl about me, she always said she would never pay one cent to me, but when her lawyer wrote and told her she would have to pay the whole and costs she just swore and cursed me. She said it was her D-Luck, but let that be as it may. I got all with the interest-it did not cost the estate but $12.50 cts-I don't understand quite about that Pension business-are they advancing the Pensions of the widow. There is several widows here and one of them asked me if I had seen in the Denver paper something to that effect. I told her I would ask you. She is a poor German and don't earn a great deal now-the potatoes are a failure out here. We have to pay 170 for a hundred pounds. That is much more than the[y] ever have been-Susan Roberts-". VG to near fine.
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